SCOUTING REPORT: With the Dodgers nursing a relatively comfortable lead in the National League West, the Giants currently hold the second wild card. They lost two of three to the Brewers at Miller Park, which Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said should help his team a bit coming into the weekend. "It always helps when you're able to beat any team and then play them again," he said. "We played a good series against them." The marquee pitching matchup appears to be Sunday, when Kyle Lohse matches up with Madison Bumgarner, who took a perfect game into the seventh inning in his last start against the Colorado Rockies before finishing with a one-hitter. "Sometimes I look at the numbers and then I'm watching him pitch thinking, 'How does anybody hit this guy?' Roenicke said. "When he's on, he is unbelievable."

IN THE MINORS

HUNTSVILLE (AA): With leftfielder Hector Gimenez driving in three runs and falling a triple short of the cycle, the Stars outlasted the Mississippi Braves, 7-5. Starter Drew Gagnon picked up his 11th win, striking out seven in six innings.

BREVARD COUNTY (A): First baseman Garrett Cooper doubled and scored the Manatees' lone run in a 4-1 loss to the Lakeland Flying Tigers.

WISCONSIN (A): Taylor Brennan's five RBI led the Timber Rattlers' offense in a 9-5 win over the Burlington Bees.

HELENA (Rookie): Shortstop Luis Aviles provided most of the Brewers' offense, knocking in three runs in an 11-4 loss to the Great Falls Voyagers.

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